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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-04-28

Clan any enc bring usa e.ae of Kidney
Of Liver Complaint THAT Electric Bitters
will not speedily cure? We say they
can not, as thousands Of eases already
permanently cured and Eho aro daily
recommending Electric i}ittcf, viii
prove Bright.s Disease, Dabctcz. Weak
Back or any urinary complaint quickly
cured. They purify the Blood. regulate
the bowels, and act directly on the dis
easod parts. Evei5 bottle gaarantccd
For sale at 50 cents 4 bottle bY
SroNE & IIAssELL.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-04-28

But after the fsst two or three weeks,
time at Camp Butler had dragged heavily
and many ha3 beconIe h8mesick, and were
already tired 81 the service.
Pretty soon after the regiment became
fully equipped orders came forit to report
ut Memphis, Tenn.
One cold rainy evening the cars were
taken and after cheerless ride, St Louis
WIS reached. where transportation down
the river was procured on the steamboat
General Robert AIfa-, the meanest old
hulk aaoat
The trip was exceedingly tedious, water
in the river was AZ q low stage and the old
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-04-28

Of cases, the sufferer seemed to pass into
q listless condition, wherein Indifference
was manifested for every thing about him;
the past and the future seemed alike to be
ignored The mind appeared il all cases
to fail with the body, and sensation be-
came blunted So that the so-cale1 "agony
Of DEATH was never seen.
One case, however, is recalled in whicha
patient just before death from consump-
ton bade farewell TO all about him and ex-
pressed wish to meet all in better
world. His mind appeared clear up to the
last moment, and his wasted features and
sunken eyes seemed cheerful and at times
almost animated.
Connected with tho hospital was lady
who acted as matroa. She frequently
passed through the wards with some deli
cacy for the sick in her hands; this she
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-04-28

ing were holes made by cannon shot.
thrown during the naval engagement the
9th of June previous.
Various were the duties performed; al
one time it was guarding a steamboat al
the wharf; at another, goods at the levee:
again, it was standing in the rain some
dark night at some chcerless corner, for
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-04-28

SONY SNecH. 5 ats4is is 's 6f
,.ousands suffering from Asthma, Con-
nption Coughs. etc. Did you ever try
si1er'5 English Remedy? It is the best
separation Known for all Lung Troubles,
alG On 4 positive guarantee at Ice, co.,
Barber, AicNair & co.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-04-28
Farm and Village Property
Fss ssID!

Two hundred acres of land one mile south OF
the village of Mt. Hope, under good state OF
cultivation; twenty acres OF thrifty young tim
Der. we'll watered by springs. making il a No.
stock farm.
Also a house and lot containing 81 acres In the
village of Bloemingtou-splendid house and barn,
good water both spring and cistern, everything
in good repair
Also a half block in front Of James Ballantiue's
residence and Eve acres near The Bloomington
creamery All OF the above will be sold cheap
either for cash or reasonable time for par, OF
the purchase money. Inquire Of James Balan-
tine. Bloomington, or A. :. Osborne $40 nagg
ST.. Detroit, Michigan
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-04-28
and reliable Medicines ara the bas

a aRdraliable Medicines ara the best
g todapend upoa. hcbcr's Blood Ell
ia5 been presentation years Cor all ila.
5si lies ofthe Blood Inevery form ofscrog-
SypAilHicor Mercurial diseases, it's
iEa5le. Ece rheumatism, has 40 eGGal.
For sale ~ Barber, McN8.f 4 ca
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-04-28

When Baby was sicF, we gave her Castoria,
When she was Child she cried for Castoria,
When sho became Miss, she olpng to castoria,
When she mad Children, sho gave them Castcr!a,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-04-28
I SECTION VIT.-IN AND ABOUT MEM
PHIs DURING THE WRITER OF

SECTION VIT.-IN AND ABOUT MEM
PHIs DURING THE WINTER OF
1923.
Fort Pillow, in the Mississippi, was evac-
uated June a. 1862, after which the National
fleet dropped down the river, and at early
dawn June 6, under Commodore Davis, at
tackled the Confederate flotilla lying in
front Of Memphis, Tenn.
The result was a complete Union victory;
If tho eight vessels composing the Confcd
srato fleet, three were destroyed, four
captured, and only one, the Van Dorm,
escaped. During the engagement tho blun
At Memphis was lined with spectators At
eleven a. M tho city surrendered, and was
taken possession of by two infantry regl-
nents accompanying the National fleet.
Six months after this event the regiment
70 which the writer belonged arrived at
tho Memphis steamboat landing after
night, as detailed in the last number.
Next Gay the regiment went ashore and
marched through the streets that in places
were very muddy from recent rain fall.
Now and then house was passed, from
which welcome was extended by waving
handkerchief in the hands Of a woman.
Most Of tho female sex, however, seemed
ready to extend any thing but 2 welcome
10 the 'hordeS from the North"
Camp was formed on the outskirts of the
city in beautiful beach grove that was III
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-04-28

c>S.NN 0f Che good things &C tllia
& life ars sorrowtully iet
2]on9 on account Of Dyspepsia. Aekcr's
indigestion and Constipation; sold On @
positive guarantee at IS and so cents. By
Barber. IcNair & Co
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-04-28

S., seAro ,sS a 3icod Elixir is the oa3s
= - - - Blood Remedy gaeya1
sd Itisa positive cure for Ulcers. Efg-
al5 or SyphiAtic poisoning lspai@aes tlg
aola system, and banishgs all 8lca7zs.
q Neuralgia pains. We guaraatea
Fer Se d. Barsser. A{eN y a GIN
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-04-28

~ NAONA would enjoy your dinner
SON and are prevented by Dys-
aepsia, use Aeker's Dyspepsia Tablets.
icy are positive cure for Dyspepsia, In.
session, Flatulency and Constipation.
guarantee them. % and so cents
For sale by Barber, McNair 6 &c.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-04-28


boat frequently ran aground, but, with the
help of spars put upon either side the bow,
and hosting apparatus, always managed
TO again get under way.
One evening the boat tied up on tho Ar
kansas shore, it being section said to be
infested by bands of armed rebels, night
navigation was deemed perilous. The reg
lment was marched ashore where nothing
was found, save rude log structure, said
to have been used before the war as q
store
The region was heavily timbered, with
also dense growth of undcrbrush; but
much. Of it had strange appearance,
nearly every thing being yet in leaf Be
ing in the enemy's country strong picket
guard was thrown out Tie writer's COM
pany with another was detailed on this
duty. The men wero marched out thedis-
lance OF q milo from tho regiment, broken
up in squads Of four, and with freshly
loaded guns, awaited any cause for alarm
There wasno disturbance, but being in
the enemy's country was an entirely new
experience, and Slough there may not
have been an armed Confederate within
fifty miles, it is safe to say that in the
whole regiment but few eye9 closed that
night in sleep
them become TO wars alarms, that sweet
and refreshing sleep was often taken di-
rectly under fire
The next day was Sunday, and about
noon the old boat was again boarded and
tho journey resumed.
A man belonging to the regiment died
not long after leaving st. Louis; the car
panter OF the boat made q pine coffin in
which the body was placed and taken to
Memphis. At this period death in the
command mado something of sensation,
but all were soon to become very familiar
with this King OF Terrors.n
AS tho journey down theriver continued,
chimneys standing alone and cheerless. the
houses having been burned, became famil-
lar objects.
The lights from Memphis came in sight
one evening and the old boat began to
whistle, but from some daran cement in the
"shut OFF, the noise could not be stopped :;
consequently after the landing was made
and the boat tied up tho whistle blew as
long as the supply of steam in the boilers
lasted.
Fora good while the night was made hide
Gus and the ears Of all tortured By the
screeching whistle of the old boat, but this
was at ending to the tedious and danger
Gus trip on the crazy old craft.
The quartermaster of the regiment, how
over, became much the wiser from this ex-
perience and never again had such trans
portatioa put upon him.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-04-28
CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.

The body is more susceptible TO bene-
fit from Hoods Sarsaparilla now than
at any other season. Therefore. take t
now
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-04-28

THE exhausted and drowsy feelings,
common to spring liinr, indicate an i'm
pure and sluggish condition q the blood,
which may ne remedied by the use of
Ayers SarsapariIla. 1t is the most
powerful, and. at the same time, most
economical blood purifier known.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-04-28

III 81 rs tlfgE pIC ppaIhEC GO.
l3A DAayaora Sc, Chicago lll.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-06
A Prairie Of Pitch,

have just returned from trip to the
so-called "Pitch Lake." writes cor
respondent from Port of Spain, Trinidad,
to the Philadelphia Inquirer. Running
south down the Parian Gulf to La Brea,
some forty miles distant from this port,
we there disemburked, and, climbing a
gentle ascent of 14O feet, we found the
lake, little more than a mile inland.
Strictly speaking, there is no lake in the
common acceptance of the term, but a
level plain, composed of q concrete,
though flexible, mass of pitch, covering
an area of perhaps 100 acres.
Bushes, patches of vegetation and oc-
casional pools of brackish water diversity
the surface here and there, giving it the
appearance of q mud swamp. There is
no difficulty in walking or wading from
one end to the other, for with the sole
exception of several places where the
pitch is in state of ebullition ina soft
and viscid consistency the ''lake" is semi.
solid. On it I found chestnut-colored
men and women digging out large clods
of the asphalt with ak and shovel and
loading it upon donkey carts.
Each lump of the asphalt exhibited
small cavities, and we were informed by
the diggers that they never dig deep
enough to find the pitch at all softened.
The roughened surface of the pits is ex-
posed to the tropical sun, and within a
few days the cavities are full again. From
10000 to 100000 tons of the asphalt are
dug out every year, each cubic foot of
the pitch weighing on an average sixty
pounds. It is estimated that there are in
the deposit not less than 100000
pounds which, at the present rate of dig
ging, should last fully 5000 years.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-06
The Colonel's Strategy.

Col. Dick Wintersmith was trying to
write letter in room where Dan Voor-
hees, Mr.. Beverly Tucker and two OF
three others were sitting. These three
gentlemen formed conspiracy to worry
him and prevent his writing. Every
time he would put pen to paper one OF
the other would ask him question. At
last old Judge Key came in and the COL
onel greeted him very cordially.
Judge, said the Colonel, II wish you
would sit down and tell us about your
trip to Europe"
"Did I never tell you about my life in
Europe?n said the Judge with some sur
prise.
"No, never. These gentlemen want to
hear it."
The Judge turned to hang up his coat
and hat, and the VOORHEES, party made for
the door. When he was ready to take
his seat no one was present but Col. VIM
tersmith.
"Why, where are those gentlemenG"
asked the Judge.
"They are gone, SIR said Col. Dick;
"they wanted to insult you by leaving.
1t is an outrage. would seek satisfac-
tion."
The Judge, being of fiery nature, put
on his ovcrcoat at once and started in hot
chase after the offenders. AS soon as he
got out of the door Col. Wintersmith
quietly locked it and wrote his letters.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-06
A Queer Town.

"The qucerest town I know of in this
part of the country" said a commercial
traveller, "is at Milledgeville, III. For
some reason or other the railroad people
and the principal owner Of the town site
had falling out and the railroad decided
to start a new town. Through the COM
pany's influence brick block was put a
mile or more away from the old town,
but nearer the station and side tracks.
That block contains nine store-rooms on
the first floor, and large number of
offices overhead. In it is almost every
kind of business usually carried on in a
country town. In fact, that brick block
is whole town in itself, but it looks odd
to see farmers wagons hitched in circle
about that building, and the entire bust
ness of prosperous little place being
carried on under one roof. There is Only
one other building in the new town.
Chicaqo Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-06
Hard to ConStrue.

"Look here" said the brakeman,
stirring up the sleeping passenger, who
was doing the miles away while a for
bidding looking dog slumbered quietly at
his feet. 'Look here, that dog can't
ride in this car"
II know he can't" muttered the pas
senger, ''but he docs, doesn't he2"
''But he can'tridc any longer, shouted
the brakeman.
"'Course not" said the passenger,
half opening his eyes in sleepy interest,
"full-grown dog; never be any longer
than he is now."
"But he can't ride any more" said the
brakeman, showing signs of irritation.
NO." replied the passenger, opening
his eyes wide, che seems to be getting
all the ride the old train can give him
now"
''But," roared the brakeman, che
won't ride another mile"
"Can't bet on that" said the passenger,
doing away again; "queer dog; owned
him six years, and never can tell one
minute what he will or won't do the
next"
"But he mustn't ride in here" shrieked
the brakeman.
"Course he mustn't" sleepily said the
passenger, "Wife says every day he
mustn't come into the house, and he just
lives in it."
"Well, by thunderm roared the brake
man, "he's got to get out of here!"
That's what book-keeper says at the
office" wearily groaned the sleepy pas
senger, "and he sleeps under the desk
when he isn't scratching for rats under
the safe and in the wastc-basket."
Then the brakeman got mad and went
to the conductor. "Thcre's o man in
here got dog with him." he said, "and
can't make him bulge out of the car
with it."
"Oh, that sleepy old duffcr in the
PENNSYLVANIA coach2" said the conductor.
Il tried him myself and he wore out the
imperative mood of all the verbs in the
grammar on me before I got mad enough
to bounce him, and then he went to
sleep. Let him alone. He gets off at
the next station, and I'm going to run
him by about seventy miles. ."--Burdette,
in american Trarezer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-06
How Long Starvation Can Be Resisted.

In an article on "Fasters and Fasting"
in the Cosmopolitan, Henry Howard says:
As to animals, Chossat reckons from fif-
teen to eighteen days as the average
period during which they arc able to re-
sist inanition. The extreme limits of
endurance, however, arc very variable, fat
animals and cold-blooded animals resist
ing much longer time than the others.
Take as examples of the former, creatures
that hibernate, such as the bear, marmot,
ETC., and of the latter, tortoises and frogs
AS every body knows, bear or prairie
dog will remain several months without
food a tortoise encased in plaster of Paris
will retire from its enforced domicile
after three months in fairly good con-
dition.
Thus the alternating animal, the re-
hex sense of hunger being latent, feeds
upon itself; and, as it has sufficient fat
slowed up to nourish it until the
conclusion of its winters sleep,
it does not succumb. Man, in GER
tain diseased conditions of the ncr-
vous system, is enabled to suppress the
sensation of hunger, and to live by auto
nutrition, or feeding on ones self, and
also by sort of Information with or
without the element of dormancy. All
specialists on diseases of the nervous sys-
tenn have under observation hysterical OF
insane patients that remain weeks and
months without food, and yet maintain
tolerably good physical condition.
Again, influences purely physical. such
as powerful moral emotions without any
diseased condition existing in the indi-
vidual subjected to them, may also les
sen the denutrition that results from de-
privation of food. In this condition,
Henri de Parville cites the experiment of
an alchemist named Duchantcau, who i'm
agired that by depriving himself of nour-
islment for forty days, and drinking his
own urine, he could produce tic philoso-
piers stone Duchantcau supported this
regimen during twenty-six days, and
didn't die!
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-06
A Lion.Tamer's Nerve.

Crockett made the greatest name for
himself of any lion tanner, not in
England alone, but in France, Ger
many and. America. II remember
WE'LL" says Archibald Forbes, "the time
when the six lions were loose at one time
in Astley's. The sangers had sent the
beasts up from Edmonton the night be-
fore. Nobody to this day knows how
they got out of their dens; but it was
thought at the time that some one Of the
grooms-with whom the manager was
very unpopular, he used to fine them so
mercilessly- let them loose mali
ciously, that they might get at the horses.
There they were, anyhow, loose in the
place, smelling the horses, and mad to get
at them. They had already killed man,
aud had eaten him whcr Crockett ar
rived. Without halting an instant, he
dashed in among them single-handed,
with only switch in his hand, and I'm
blcst if he didn't manage to den them all
singlc:handcd. That was nerve for you. !"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-06
Quaker Testimony.

Mrs.. A. N. Dauphin, of Philadelphia, has
done great deal to mals known to ladies
there the great value of Mrs. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound, as cure for their troubles
and diseases. She writes as follows: "a
young lady Of this city while bathing some
years ago was thrown violently against the
life line and the injuries received resulted in
an ovarian tumor which grew and enlarged
until death seemed certain. Her physician
finally advised her to try Mrs. Pinkham's
Compound. She did so and in a short time
the tumor was dissolved and she is now II,
perfect health. also know Of many cases
where the medicine has been Of great value
in preventing miscarriage and alleviating
the pains and dangers Of childbirth. Phila
delphia ladies appreciate the worth of this
medicine and its great value"
Sent by mail in Pill and Lozenge form on
receipt of price, 81. Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn,
Mass. Also in liquid form, all at Druggists
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-06
Bookkeeping.

Who can keep bces9 Anybody pos
sessed of confidence, gentlcness, patience
and sense. There are persons who be-
ieve that the bees instinctively select
them for enemies, pursue them and sting.
Founded in this belief such persons will
never become bee-kcepers, but if they
should attempt it, throwing aside all
fear, they would find that the "instinc-
tive antipathy" against them personally
did not exist. Man is the enemy of every
living thing regarded from the stand
point of the living thing. If it be desired
to take eggs from brooding hen, they
are not abandoned because the hen drives
her beak into the flesh, or flies into the
face of the intruder. The bee-keeper
may be stung a hundred times in sea-
son, and yet he has no more fear of bees
than of flies. The beginner is advised
always to wear gloves with long gaunt-
lets bound to the arm by elastic cords.
When confidence is established fully the
glove will be laid aside. All bee-keepers
wear wells. There may be few excep-
tions, but only few.
Women bee-keepers have been very
successful. A bee paper, perhaps the
first one Of any account in this country,
was published by woman who worked
out agricultural problems in her own
apiary. The "bloomcr' costume, or o
modification of it, is recommended by
some writer's. But there is general dis
like for that picturesque dress. The OBJ
ject is gained by having skirt so full at
the hem that it may be gathered about
each ankle below the top of the shoe.
The material must be strong, but may be
rs light as gauze, and being light and
ample will not interfere with any move
ment. For all there is recreation, cxer-
else, health, and at least twenty-five per
cent. profit.
There are two ways to start an apiary,
namely: either to buy colonies in modern
hives all ready to make harvest, or to buy
colonies in old fashioned hives and trans
fer to modern hives The latter is the
cheaper, and the transferring, even Of
one colony, vii! usually rob bce-keeping
Of any terrors it may have made in any
timid mind. 1t is grand introduction
to the whole science Colonies in mid
winter have been bought for two dollars
apiece, and taken at once (not long dist
snces) to the places they were to occupy
In the coming summer. But the removal
must be made carefully in cold weather.
The combs are brittle and will break
easily, and if the bees are Jared from
the combs to the bottom of the hive they
will remain there to perish. There is no
risk in buying bees in winter, that is, no
money risk. If the hive, an ordinary
box hive, weighs thirty or forty pounds
in January there will be honey enough in
1t to pay the cost, even if the bees be
dead. But colony of this weight will
not be dead unless killed by an ovcrturn-
ing of the hive, when the combs might
fall together and crush thcm.-Geo'g G.
St9choal, in " e. Farmer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-06
Farm and Garden Notes

Garden seed should be selected in due
time.
If onions are planted, see that the
ground is fine, rich and well manured.
Equal weights OF oats and corn make a
good ration for fattcning young sheep.
If a hog is worth having on the farm
then he is worth feeding until he is at his
best.
Slow feathcring, while growing, is
considered indicative of hardness in
fowls.
Do not burn your straw stacks, but fix
them up for food and shelter. ''Waste
makes want"
A good hedge makes the best kind of
wind-break for garden or orchard, in
cold climate.
A feed of cooked turnips, beets or po.
tatoes, occasionally, is greatly relished by
dumb animals in winter.
Roup in chickens usually proceeds
from dampness. Keep your fowls well
sheltered in early spring.
Constant change of stock gives you no
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-06
A Well-Earned Title.

Chow are you, Judges" said CONNER.
cial traveller cheerily to an old resident in
Texas town.
"Good day, sir" returned the gentle
man addressed.
"By the way, Judge, did you ever have
any Of the amusing experiences that are
uusually supposed to be incident to the
life of a jurist"
"No, I can't say ever did. Yer see,
I never he'd anything much to do with the
courts"
"But everybody calls you 'JudgeF"
eyes, that's fact. lend reckon
I've got right to the title"
"How's that2"
"Why, yer see, I'm gennerly lowd tel
be the best jedg O. hosses in this intire
county. y."-iNerchant Trareler.